#03 ed

[evilkitten3]

if you put 03 ed in brotherhood she would have killed someone within a month

if you put brotherhood ed in 03 he'd be dead in less than a week

[allottedhell]

manga: you are massively depressed and I'm honestly concerned

03: I'm fine! look how fine I am! fuck off

[evilkitten3]

03 ed is a girl btw she told me so herself

[allottedhell]

To get us started

Random facts about this universe:

2003 Ed is an adult

He's been world hopping for some time due to the nature of how games run on dreamwidth

Manga Ed showed up in the current universe 03 was living, decided 03 is too depressed to live on his own and moved in with him

Because of the age and maturity difference, the authorities treat 03 like manga's guardian. They both hate it.

Really, it's manga babysitting 03.

Due to time jump shenanigans, 03 is (and appears) around 23 but has lived over 40 years. He doesn't like to talk about it.

Manga is from around the Briggs arc and has lived there approximately a year now

Due to universe jumping shenanigans, manga met another (similar) version of 03 from an alternate reality. We differentiate by calling manga Ed "manga" and 03 may be referred to as "Riverview" or "Zhautas" when we need to differentiate

These are the locations manga met them

Manga Roy, Al and Winry are also present

CoS Al is referred to but no longer there

03 has lived with many different versions of Al and Winry over the years

03 has a number of cats, pokemon and two dogs

I'll probably add to this if I think of anything else but that's the general rundown. I don't expect anyone to actually care about this but I'll try to answer questions anyone has.

[allottedhell]

[allottedhell]

Zhautas: well, I know how many times I would have called you an idiot for calling me Envy.

[wingsofescape]

Edward. Now go wild 🫵

THANK YOU for indulging me!!

favorite thing about them: he's snarky. he's smart. he's funny. And he's so perfect to put In Situations

also have you looked at CoS Ed and that freaking sleeve garter

least favorite thing about them: I really dislike his beahviour towards Winry sometimes and in general his tendency to shut everyone out and act without considering how it might impact others

favorite line: "even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world outside of ourselves and our dreams" but special mention to "loser machine junkie" (affectionate)

brOTP: Ed and Al, obviously

OTP: do you even have to ask? Edwin

(but also partial to RussEd, EdRose and EdNoah)

nOTP: elricest (this is not to shit on anyone who does ship it, you do you, it's just not my personal cup of tea)

random headcanon: Ed hates the foxes in London with a passion

ALSO I know people are like "he looks like Hohenheim" but I will stand on my soapbox and say that Ed has Trisha's face shape and her chin

unpopular opinion: he should have stayed at the end of CoS

song i associate with them: Lord Huron wrote all of their songs about him and I have a playlist to prove it

favorite picture of them: I couldn't pick one so here's an assortment of my boy under the cut!

[wingsofescape]

Writer's block is kicking my ass and I'm bored, soo...

I'm going to introduce you force you to listen to my semi-long list of FMA related playlists! Because making them is my favourite way of procrastinating and I need to spread the Lord Huron agenda, so here we go:

in the cracks of light (the playlist): self-explanatory, the songs that fit itcol and helped me figure out scenes -- looking at you, Meet Me in the Woods

I replay my footsteps on each stepping stone: the reveal chapter playlist (chapter 11 of itcol)

Replay my footsteps: the reveal chapter playlist (condensed version, whose duration matches the average reading time of the chapter according to Scrivener -- I am a nerd)

Starcrossed: the CoS Edwin playlist, adapted to their canon dynamic (though some songs reappear in the itcol playlist)

no one ever loved half as much as I: the 03 Ed playlists featuring all the songs I think fit him

tell me how does a man change the universe: the 03 Ed character study playlist told exclusively through Lord Huron songs (this explains why Lord Huron have been my top artist since 2021)

I stand beside you brother, with you till the end: a playlist for 03 Ed and Al's brotherly dynamic

i may have died but your lovin' raised me: an EdNoah playlist, which I never thought I would make

Other ideas I am currently playing with:

itcol (the condensed version): cut down to the most necessary songs instead of the 6 hour long monster I currently have going on

itcol (the instrumental version): itcol if it had a cinematic score running in the background

Now back to the drawing board before I make 700 other playlists